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Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes Jan. 3, 1916.. .Present: Mayor Leigh, Councilmen--Higbee, Lunt, Williams, Pace, and Mayor-Elect T . J . Jones. Claims and reports were presented a s follows:
S . J . Foster, bond of E. H . Macfarlane 576.00 S . J . Foster. bond of Parley Dalley 4.75 J. H . Arthur. 7 bonds of Officers 7.00 J . H . A r t h u r , stamps for 9 bonds 4.50 Maeser Dalley, surveying 6 making deeds 11.40 Cedar Electric Co.. Lights for Dec. 44.50 10.00 Thos. Stapley, 4 days work, water system J. H . P e r r y , making 15 c u r b boxes, Water S. 4.00 Sam T. Leigh, Team 1 0 days, supervisor 20.50 Andrew Hansen, Deputy Marshal service 39.55
Report of Watermaster, Supervisor and City Marshal were read. Motion Councilman Pace that the claims be allowed and reports of officers approved. Carried. Mayor Leigh made a brief farewell address and discussed the conditions that exist in the City. A t 1 2 o'clock noon Mayor Leigh vacated the chair in favor of the new Mayor. T . J. Jones, who also made a short address. Motion Councilman Higbee that a vote of thanks and appreciation be tendered Ex-Mayor Leigh. Carried Unanimous. Feb. 3, 1916.. .Councilman Dalley was given charge of all band instruments belonging to the City. Feh. 1 4 , 1916.. .The Mayor stated that Dr. Middleton had offered to send down, from Salt Lake City, a landscape gardener at his own expense to take charge of the work of putting the City Cemetery in good condition. Offer accepted. The matter of taking precautionary measures to protect against Rabies was referred to Judiciary Committee. March 2. 1 9 1 6 . . .On motion Councilman Thorley we purchase a shrill whistle for the Watermaster to warn citizens when the water is to be turned out of the mains. Carried. Bishop Foster appeared before the Council and asked to have a rate fixed on water for the swimming pool. Referred to Committee on Waterworks and Irrigation. April 6 , 1916 ...Money was paid to approximately 15 men to work several days cleaning out the City ditches, at the rate of $2 per day. Matter of repairing the Library roof was deferred. April 2 2 , 1916. . .Motion Councilman Thorley that Thomas Stapley he appointed to inforce the Dog Tax Ordinance, and that he receive 2 9 of all taxes collected in compensation for 50 services. Carried.

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes Jan. 3, 1916.. .Present: Mayor Leigh, Councilmen--Higbee, Lunt, Williams, Pace, and Mayor-Elect T . J . Jones. Claims and reports were presented a s follows:
S . J . Foster, bond of E. H . Macfarlane 576.00 S . J . Foster. bond of Parley Dalley 4.75 J. H . Arthur. 7 bonds of Officers 7.00 J . H . A r t h u r , stamps for 9 bonds 4.50 Maeser Dalley, surveying 6 making deeds 11.40 Cedar Electric Co.. Lights for Dec. 44.50 10.00 Thos. Stapley, 4 days work, water system J. H . P e r r y , making 15 c u r b boxes, Water S. 4.00 Sam T. Leigh, Team 1 0 days, supervisor 20.50 Andrew Hansen, Deputy Marshal service 39.55
Report of Watermaster, Supervisor and City Marshal were read. Motion Councilman Pace that the claims be allowed and reports of officers approved. Carried. Mayor Leigh made a brief farewell address and discussed the conditions that exist in the City. A t 1 2 o'clock noon Mayor Leigh vacated the chair in favor of the new Mayor. T . J. Jones, who also made a short address. Motion Councilman Higbee that a vote of thanks and appreciation be tendered Ex-Mayor Leigh. Carried Unanimous. Feb. 3, 1916.. .Councilman Dalley was given charge of all band instruments belonging to the City. Feh. 1 4 , 1916.. .The Mayor stated that Dr. Middleton had offered to send down, from Salt Lake City, a landscape gardener at his own expense to take charge of the work of putting the City Cemetery in good condition. Offer accepted. The matter of taking precautionary measures to protect against Rabies was referred to Judiciary Committee. March 2. 1 9 1 6 . . .On motion Councilman Thorley we purchase a shrill whistle for the Watermaster to warn citizens when the water is to be turned out of the mains. Carried. Bishop Foster appeared before the Council and asked to have a rate fixed on water for the swimming pool. Referred to Committee on Waterworks and Irrigation. April 6 , 1916 ...Money was paid to approximately 15 men to work several days cleaning out the City ditches, at the rate of $2 per day. Matter of repairing the Library roof was deferred. April 2 2 , 1916. . .Motion Councilman Thorley that Thomas Stapley he appointed to inforce the Dog Tax Ordinance, and that he receive 2 9 of all taxes collected in compensation for 50 services. Carried.